Insect orientation to polarized moonlight

Nature

Volumn 424, Issue 6944, 2003, Pages 33-

  Dacke, Marie ^a   Nilsson, Dan Eric ^a   Scholtz, Clarke H ^b   Byrne, Marcus ^c   Warrant, Eric J ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECT; LIGHT; MOON; ORIENTATION; POLARIZATION;

ARTICLE; BEETLE; INSECT; MOON; NONHUMAN; ORIENTATION; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUNLIGHT; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LIGHT; LOCOMOTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

COLEOPTERA; INSECTA;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BEETLES; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LIGHT; LOCOMOTION; MOON; ORIENTATION;

EID: 0041803008     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/424033a     Document Type: Article

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